In This Newsletter:
 
Featurette: C Why Insiders Love The C des Carmes
 &
Saint Cosme in the South Sale
 


C Des Carmes Featurette:
 
C Why Insiders Love The C des Carmes
 

Once part of the First Growth Bordeaux estate Chateau Haut-Brion, Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion was split from the estate over 400 years ago when it was donated to the Catholic Carmelites order. Le C des Carmes is their second wine, of which only a couple hundred cases are produced annually. We’ve yet to feature this broadly in our newsletter as insiders tend to snap this up right quick (especially since receiving 96 points from Decanter Magazine for this vintage). We loaded up on another five cases of this astounding value this week and thought it about time that we spread the word.

In This Newsletter:
 
Vinopolis Close-Out Sale Featurette:
Fattoria Carpineta Fontalpino
 &
Volnay: Three-Day Sale
 


Vinopolis Close-Out Sale Featurette:
 
Fattoria Carpineta Fontalpino

Part of our three-day Italian Close-Out Sale on 750mls that’s ending tomorrow, April 28th at 9 am Pacific!

Need a Super Tuscan to warm your spring night? Check out this Sangiovese/Cab Sauv/Merlot blend from the superb 2016 vintage. Loaded with character and notes of black & purple fruits, this spicy little number will elevate any weeknight and impress the pickiest of your friends & family.

Right now, we’re offering an additional sale on all 750ml bottles of wines from Italy that are part of our Close-Out Sale. Buy any mix of six 750ml bottles of Italian wines on our Close-Out Sale and we’ll take an additional 5% off.

In This Newsletter:
 
Italian Close-Out Wines: Three-Day Sale
 &
Italian Magnum Three-Day Sale
 

 
Italian Close-Out Wines

Three-Day Sale
 

We’re offering you an additional discount on all of our 750ml Italian wines that are on our Close-Out Sale — that’s 47 options to choose from!
 

5% off any 6-11 750ml Italian Close-Out Wines
10% off any 12 or more 750ml Italian Close-Out Wines
 
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Sale ends Sunday, April 28th at 9 am Pacific.

 
View the full list here or browse below for highlights!

 
We offer 47 750ml Italian Close-Out Wine options on sale now, including:
 
From Piedmont:
 
Was $59!
Cantina del Pino Albesani, Barbaresco DOCG 2017 750ml Displayed Price: $49, that’s $46.55 at 5% off and $44.10 at 10% off, 14 bottles in stock now
Monica Larner-Wine Advocate 94 points “Fruit from Albesani shows nice sharpness and a compact or complete profile that is typical of Nebbiolo.

In This Newsletter:
 
New Close-Out Sale Wines from De Venoge
 &
Schätzel: Three-Day Sale
 

 
New Close-Out Sale Wines

From Champagne House de Venoge
 

De Venoge is an old-school Champagne House that’s relatively unknown in the United States, a fact that means even their finest and rarest wines continue to be undervalued relative to their peers. This is no better exemplified than their prestige cuvee, the LXV bottling. Named after Louis the 15th, who first authorized the bottling of Champagne, it sees extensive aging on its lees and is a true monument of vintage champagne. 

De Venoge was established in Champagne in the first part of the 19th century by Swiss born Henri-Marc de Venoge and his son Joseph.  

On Sale Now
 

At the forefront of the “New California” are small, pioneering producers such as Arnot-Roberts. Started by childhood friends Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts in 2001, they’ve quickly established themselves as some of the best producers of restrained and elegant small-parcel wines. In 2013 the San Francisco Chronicle named them “Winemakers of the Year” in recognition of the quality and consistency of the wines they’re producing, and they’ve racked up professional accolades ever since.
 
The wines show spunk and backbone, nothing soft and fruity. The acidity and tannin evoke the great wines of France over their plusher peers. These are serious wines that are built to age—which is how they’ve developed such a following. Given a couple years in the cellar, these blossom into wines that rival the best in the world.